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sealing axels
Posted by: Kasimo ()
Date: May 17, 2002 04:46PM

I wan't to know how the propeller axel is sealed.
As I understand the engines are inside the hull
in the same atmospheric pressure as the crew
(ca 1 atm) and an axel goes from the engine out
through the pressure hull and has a prop stuck
on the end. For each 10 meters you go down the
outside pressure increases by 1 atm so what
keeps the water from flooding in through the
same tube as the propeller axel? I understand
this tube is filled with grease on a regular ship
but that is not subject to the same pressure.

/mo

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Subject Written By Posted
sealing axels Kasimo 05/17/2002 04:46PM
Re: sealing axels walter M 05/17/2002 07:06PM
Re: sealing axels J.T. McDaniel 05/17/2002 11:35PM
Re: sealing axels Woody 05/18/2002 12:48PM
Re: sealing axels ROBERT M. 07/16/2002 03:07AM
Re: sealing axels Scott 05/22/2002 07:27PM
Cone Clutches! John R. 05/23/2002 04:25PM
Re: sealing axels Marc 05/23/2002 09:32PM
Re: Sealing Shafts, not Axles! Garth 06/06/2002 11:43AM
Re: Sealing Shafts, not Axles! Rainer Bruns 06/06/2002 02:26PM


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